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Lightning Crashes

by Live
on Awake - The Best of Live

Lyrics

Lightning crashes, a new mother cries
Her placenta falls to the floor
The angel opens her eyes
The confusion sets in
full lyrics
Lightning crashes, a new mother cries
Her placenta falls to the floor
The angel opens her eyes
The confusion sets in
full lyrics

Features of This Track

electric rock instrumentation
a subtle use of vocal harmony
repetitive melodic phrasing
extensive vamping
major key tonality
electric rhythm guitars
an emotional male lead vocal performance

These are just a few of the hundreds of attributes cataloged for this track by the Music Genome Project.

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Comments

This is on that rock CD from those commercials.
Its about their best friend who died and donated a organ to a baby so the baby can live on how sad. I love this song and sends shivers down my spine plus its awesome to play on guitar.
if this song doesnt make you wanna live life at its fullest..... . f r i g g i n goosebumps !!!!
@ glass depot - thanks for that link.
It was an awesome song even before I knew the lyrics, now its even better!
the confusion that was hers belongs now to the baby down the hall. Reminds me of giving birth, the wonder of this/the world becomes a part of the new life! I love it, I can't wait to have a baby and help him or her live the way....
Live was such a great band. What happenede to them?
its about a mother giving birth to a crack baby & then dieing, her mother, the granny, is left to raise what she'd been waiting for but not like this...
Powerful alliteration at its best! what a great song!
james.sutter
I first heard it on a tv show a long time ago. The show was about a guy waiting on death row for the electric chair while the attorney was trying to save him. very powerful. would like to see that show again.
Its about love and broken hearts
jbmcd1983
Loved this song from the first. Always made me feel a touch more alive. Once I really started paying attention to the words, I liked it even more. Means more lately because a dear friend will be giving birth to her first child.
kurazsiosif
@Dreamscape Absolutley true. I actually stoped working and just listend to this song, and felt a strong chill go through my body, as if i was ready to explode burts a light bolt out of my self...
He wrote Lightning Crashes about the miracle of child birth and death. I don't exactly do this justice by saying it because I'm only limited to 500 characters, but the link of the quote of Ed explaining the meaning of the song is at http://en.wi k i p e d i a . o r g / w i k i / L i g h t n i n g _ C r a s h e s
it's about life, death & rebirth...i think.
can someone tell me what the lyrics are about? i know theirs something there just can't figure it out
gypsygurl13
...so pretty...
This is one of those songs you just have to pause and listen to. So good.
lmbleo78
Beautiful song with amazing lyrics. It gives me chills to this day.
it sounds so sad. one of my moms favorite songs so of course i luv it too.
good tune
luv it
MY BEST FRIEND WHO DIED A YEAR BEFORE THIS SONG CAME OUT.WE WERE WORKING ON THIS SONG. NOT THE LYRICS THE MUSIC THEN WHEN LIVE CAME OUT WITH THIS SONG I WAS BLOWN AWAY.JUST A REALLY WEIRD FEELING CAME OVER ME.LUV YOU & MISS JAMMING WITH YOU BUD!!!!!!!!! ! ! ! !
sarahliz225
Another amazing 90's song!
omg i lovee this song always makes me tear up
this is definatly the best live song
I LOVE LOVE LOVE this song!
djjar
When I first heard this song I was like, "Meh..."

But after a few more listens and looking at the lyrics...It' s such a great song! It's kind of a cool way to look at life. And the lead singer totally makes the word "placenta" work.
sweetchaos17
what does this song mean? I don't really understand it.
never get tired of hearing this song.
I never realized what the words were ha!
Saw them at the house of blues in dallas. great show and a great sing-a-long with the audience. And after the show, reflected that while talking to the crowd they never uttered a single profanity as opposed to every other band in concert i have seen.
great classic
jenn6076
lol NinaMarie. I am also a lover of 90's music! :)
Dear 90s music loveliness,

thanks for always being there and rocking my world.

xoxo,
Nina
Quite possibly the only rock song ever with the word "placenta" in the lyrics. Jeeze, for years I thought I was hearing it wrong.
i love this song! Such a classic from them. I love how the music builds and builds throughout the song :)
pinkkity65
I LOVE THIS SONG
I was pretty sure it was "puts the glory unto high," but I guess this makes as much sense.
tjminari
Classic. Saw these guys play a decade ago, a good show as I recall.

@jeff - theres a cool little button on pandora - it looks like an arrow, that when clicked on brings up a menu (OMG!) which lists "Why was this song selected?". Click it. Then click the other nifty button that looks like a thumbs down.
snow4dayz
Has been a favorite of mine for the last 16 or so years. Not sure it is about the OKC fed building, but I know the lyrics that comes up for it are way off. Also might be worth noting there isnt a bad song on throwing copper.
I heard gthis song was about the Oklahoma City Federal Building bombing
amazing concept for a song...makes me feel warm and sad inside..
Killa guitar play... but I still like the drums!
this is one of the greatest songs ever
rocka_fella1 9 8 3
its playing on my counting crows station. nice fit to me.
steph182
One of my favorite songs ever.
beautiful, beautiful, beautiful song...and, i think the reason it would play on a pantera station is because of the repetive phrasing and the electric rock instrumentat i o n that the music genome project has identified in this song.
terry_ten
feeling it
borene
funny. jeff is complaining that this song is playing on his pantera station, not his station on pandora. i think this is a fine song, but he is clearly right that it shouldn't play on a station made for pantera.
great song... its the kind that gives me chills
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